Supply and waste pipe fitting



Nov. 2,1926. 1,605,690

A. N. PASMAN SUPPLY AND WASTE PIPE FITTING Filed June 11, 1926 lNVENTOR Arzmz K-Pamz am y Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

nrrsn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM N. PASMAN, OF WATERBURY, GO1 TI\T11-C'IH'YU'I, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY vOI." WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTIGUT.

Application filed June 11,

It is customary in plumbing at this time to employ built-in fixtures such as tubs, basins, and the like, and to use concealed supply and waste pipes and fittings tor the same. I am aware that heretofore various forms of waste pipe and overflow fittings have been employed in thistype of plumbing, and furthermore, that these have been so constructed as to provide for the insertion and removal of the stopper or valve for the waste pipe through the fitting employed for the overflow. As far as I am aware no provision heretofore has been made for operating the waste pipe stopper or valve from the nozzle or spout through which water is supplied to the fixture. The object of my invention therefore, is the pro vision of an apparatus in which the stopper or valve for the waste pipe fitting is oper ated from the spout through which water is admitted to the fixture with the parts so constructed that by the detachment of the admission spout the waste pipe stopper may be removed with the parts associated therewith for operating the same. With this apparatus there may be associated an overflow connection.

The supply and waste pipe fitting made in accordance with my present invention will be hereinafter more particularly described in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating the invention, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

tel'erring to the drawing the apparatus made in accordance with my invention includes a fitting for the admission of water to a tub, basin, or other fixture. This inlet fitting is indicated at 10 and is provided with a tapped opening 11 for connection with a supply pipe 12 in which as will be understood there is suitably placed a valve or valves for the admission of water. While the invention as hereinafter described will be made to relate to plumbing for the use of water, it will be understood that the flow of other liquids may also be controlled by the use of the fitting made in accordance with this invention. The inlet fitting 10 is provided with a lateral nozzle 13 and an SUPPLY AND WASTE PIPE FITTING.

1926. Serial No. 115,242.

interior wall 14 providing for an inlet cham- This spout is preferably provided with a flange 18 for determining the extent to which the inner end of the spout may pass into the opening in the nozzle and also for securing the spout in position in the nozzle and thereby attaching the same to the inlet fitting by means of screws 19 or otherwise. hen in place the end of the nozzle is adjacent, an opening 20 in a wall 21. This opening is of suflicient extent for the flange 18 to pass through the same. Also when the parts are in position the nozzle 17 extends through the opening sufficiently far for its orifice to lie over the fixture to which water is to be supplied through the nozzle and the opening 20 in the wall is covered by a plate or escutcheon 22 which may be suitably fitted upon the spout 17. At its inner end the spout 17 is provided with apertures or ports 23 communicating with the passage 16 in the nozzle so that water supplied through the pipe 12.to the chamber 15 may flow through the passage 16, the passage 23 to the chamber 24; within the spout 17 and from-the same into the fixture to which the water is to be supplied. As illustrated in the drawing, the spout member 17 is provided interiorly with a wall 25 which is preferably circular and adapted to receive and house a rod 26.. The rod 26 extends through the bore provided by the circular wall 25 and at its inner end is provided with a crank arm 27 adapted to operate in the inlet fitting below the partition wall 1 1- therein. At its outer end the rod 26 is connected to a handle 28 by means of a screw 29 or otherwise whereby as will be understood'through turning the handle the rod imparts a corresponding turning movement to the crank arm 27.

The inlet fitting 10 as illustrated in the drawing is connected at the upper end of an overflow pipe 30 in which thereis also connected a T 31 having interior seats 32 v and 38 and which is adapted at the end 31 to be connected to a waste pipe. This T 31 is Sin also connected by a pipe to the waste outlet 36 of a bath tub 37 or other similar fixture, and within the T 31 there is a tubular stopper or valve 38 having conical end portions adapted respectively to bear against the seats 32 and 33 when the stopper is lowered to close oil the waste pipe connection from the tub. It will be understood, of course, that the lower portion of the valve bearing against the seat 33 prevents the water from the tub flowing to the waste pipe, and that the upper portion of the alve bearing against the seat 32 prevents the water from the-tub flowing therefrom into the overflow pipe and thus escaping through the valve to the waste pipe. The valve 38 is connected by a series of links 39 made of wire or any other suitable material with the link lO which is connected to the end of the crank arm 27. It will be understood that the link 39 is adjustably connected to the short link 40 so as to determine the length of the combined links in order to adjust. the same to permit the valve to ear properly against its seats.

Also as illustrated, the overflow pipe includes a T 41, the stem 42 of which at its extremity bears against a gasket 43 surrounding an overflow opening 44 in the wall of the tub 37. This opening is covered as is customary by a plate or escutcheon 45 secured in position by a screw 16 passing through the same and engaging with a cross bar 17 provided for this purpose in the stem 42 of the T 41. i

In the installation and use of the apparatus hereinbefore described, the overflow pipe, the waste pipe connections thereto and the inlet fitting at the upper end thereof are fixed in posit-ion and the tub or other fixture set in place, it being understood that there is an opening provided in the wall for the reception of the end of the tub and also an opening coincident with the outer end of the nozzle 13 of the inlet fitting 10. lVith the parts thus set, the stopper 38 and the link chain 29 connected thereto are inserted through the opening in the nozzle 13 after the short link 40 has been connected to the crank 27 and then the spout with the parts associated therewith is fixed in position by inserting the inner end thereof in the opening in the nozzle 13 and turning the screws 19 to place. As illustrated, the stopper or valve 38 is in a raised position when the handle 28 is in alignment with the end of the spout 17 and is normally maintained in this position. hen, however, the handle is turned to turn the rod 26 the crank 27 is moved correspondingly to permit the stopper or valve 38 through the action of gravity to bear against theseats provided therefor in the T member 31. It will now be obvious that when necessary to repair or replace the stopper or valve 38, the spout 17 may be disconnected and the stopper or valve 38 and the parts connecting the same with the crank removed through the opening in the nozzle 13 in the inlet fitting 10.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a fitting of the class described a waste pipe, a stopper therein, a supply inlet member connected to the waste pipe, a spout detachably connected to the supply inlet member, and means associated with the spoutand making connection with the stopper for operating the latter, the said stopper being removable through the said supply inlet member when the spout is disconnected therefrom.

2. I11 a fitting of the class described, a concealed waste pipe, a stopper therein, a supply inlet member at the upper end of the waste pipe, there being an inlet chamber in the said member, a nozzle on the said member, a spout detachably connected to the said nozzle, and means associated with the spout and making connection with the said stopper for operating the stopper, the said stopper being removable through the nozzle when the spout is disconnected therefrom.

3. In a fitting of the class described, a waste and overflow pipe, a stopper therein. a supply inlet member at the upper end of the waste and overflow pipe and having an inlet chamber therein, a nozzle on one side of the said member, a spout detachably connected to the said nozzle, there being passages making communication from the said chamber through the said nozzle and to the said spout, and means associated with the said spout and connected to the said stopper for operating the same, the stopper being removable through the nozzle when the said spout is disconnected therefrom.

4. In a fitting of the class described, a waste and overflow pipe, a stopper therein, a supply inlet member at the upper end of the waste and overflow pipe and having an inlet chamber therein, a nozzle on one side 3 of the said member, a spout detachably connected to the said nozzle, there being pas sages making communication from the said chamber through the said nozzle and to the said spout, a rod mounted in the said spout; 5

means connected to the outer end of the rod for turning the same, and devices connecting the inner end of the rod with the said stopper whereby the stopper is actuated by turning the rod, the said stopper and devices connecting the same with the rod being removable through the nozzle when the spout is detached therefrom.

5. In a fitting of the class described, a waste and overflow pipe, a stopper therein, a supply inletmember at the upper end of the waste and overflow pipe and having an inlet chamber therein, a nozzle on one side of thesaid member, a spout detachably connected to the said nozzle, there being pas- Lit sages making communication from the said chamber through the said nozzle and to the said spout, a rod mounted in the said spout, means connected to the outer end of the rod for turning the same, a crank at the inner end of the said rod, and a series of links connecting the crank with the stopper for actuating the stopper by turning the said rod, the said stopper and links connecting the same with the crank being removable 1 through the nozzle of the said member when the said s out is disconnected therefrom.

, Signed y me this 24th day of May, 1926.

ABRAM N. PASMAN. 

